Airway Hyperresponsiveness to Hypertonic Saline as a Predictive Index of Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction
Inseon S. Choi, Se-Woong Chung, Youngil I. Koh, Myoung-Ki Sim, Seo-Na Hong, Jang-Sik Moon
Korean J Intern Med. 2005;20(4):284-289. Published online December 31, 2005
BackgroundChanges in airway mucosal osmolarity are an underlying mechanism of bronchoconstrictive responses to exercise and hypertonic saline (HS). The purpose of this study was to examine whether an osmotic challenge test using HS can predict exercise-induced bronchospasm (EI..
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